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Gale Watch 17, NWS Buffalo, NY
NWS Buffalo, NY issued this gale watch at Dec 17, 2025, 1:05 PM EST. It took effect at Dec 18, 2025, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2025, 1:05 PM EST (18:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 18, 2025, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2025, 2:06 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Buffalo, NY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this gale watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Buffalo, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this gale watch went out at Dec 17, 1:44 AM EST, 11 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 1:44 AM EST, 11 hours 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Buffalo, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 12:53 AM EST | High Wind Watch | BUF | Chautauqua, Jefferson, Lewis | 12 hr |
| Dec 17, 12:53 AM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming | 12 hr |
| Dec 17, 12:47 PM EST | High Wind Warning | BUF | Chautauqua, Jefferson, Lewis | 38 hr |
| Dec 17, 12:47 PM EST | Wind Advisory | BUF | Allegany, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee and 10 more | 60 hr |
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